231 Soils Under Changing Land Use

Oral Session
S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils
This session would explore the effects of changing land use, including urbanization, sububanization, afforestation, on soils.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009: 9:55 AM-12:15 PM
Convention Center, Room 401, Fourth Floor

Presiding:
Michael Blazier
9:55 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:00 AM
Carbon Sequestration in Urban Forest Soils.
Klaus Lorenz, Ohio State Univ.; Rattan Lal, Ohio State Univ.
10:15 AM
Amendments for Reforestation On a Reclaimed West Virginia Surface Mine.
Curtis DeLong, West Virginia Univ.; Jeffrey Skousen, West Virginia Univ.
10:30 AM
Mine Soil Suitability for Native Appalachian Forest Trees.
James Burger, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (Virginia Tech); Julia Showalter, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (Virginia Tech)
10:45 AM
Soil Carbon Quantities and Quality From Post-Agricultural Forests in Western New England.
John Clark, Univ. of Pennsylvania; Arthur Johnson, Univ. of Pennsylvania; Alain Plante, Univ. of Pennsylvania
11:00 AM
Break
11:15 AM
Tree Species Drive Differences in Soil Acidity and Soil Carbon in the A Horizon Via Variation in Nutrient Stoichiometry of Different Plant Organs.
Kevin Mueller, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Jon Chorover, Univ. of Arizona; Sarah Hobbie, Univ. of Minnesota; Jacek Oleksyn, Polish Acad. of Sciences; Peter Reich, Univ. of Minnesota; David Eissenstat, Pennsylvania State Univ.
11:30 AM
The Effect of Forest Road Density On Stream Discharge as Calculated by the Distributed Hydrology-Soil-Vegetation Model.
Salli Dymond, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (Virginia Tech); W. Mike Aust, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (Virginia Tech); Steve Prisley, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (Virginia Tech); Mark Eisenbies, USDA, Forest Service; James Vose, USDA-Forest Service; C. Andrew Dolloff, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (Virginia Tech)
11:45 AM
Tree Encroachment and Organic Matter Dynamics in a Remnant Dry Prairie in the Lower Wisconsin River Valley, WI, USA.
Bryant Scharenbroch, The Morton Arboretum; Mario Flores, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison; Brian Lepore, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison; James Bockheim, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison; Birl Lowery, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison
12:00 PM
Discussion
12:15 PM
Adjourn